- The Diary of Absalom Bane Graystone—the ancestral estate of the Graymoor family, a vision of marble staircases and stained glass, of rose gardens and high, white walls gleaming in the sun…at least it appears so in the imagination of Dr. Cliff Graymoor. The once grand mansion now lies unoccupied, decrepit, and decaying. But Graystone harbors a secret; a secret someone is willing kill to uncover, and others are willing to kill to keep hidden.